Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that an addition under Section 69A cannot be sustained when the assessee is denied the opportunity to cross-exami...
Income Tax : ITAT held that additions based solely on third-party search material without independent evidence or cross-examination are invalid...
Income Tax : ITAT held that a return filed under section 148 remains valid even if delayed. Failure to issue mandatory notice under section 143...
Income Tax : Judicial rulings clarify that satisfaction for initiating action against other persons in search cases must be recorded promptly. ...
Income Tax : The Finance Bill 2026 proposes allowing taxpayers to file an Updated Return even after receiving a reassessment notice under Secti...
Income Tax : Learn about the new block assessment provisions for cases involving searches under section 132 and requisitions under section 132A...
Income Tax : Discover how Finance Act 2021 revamped assessment and reassessment procedures under Income-tax Act, impacting notices, time limits...
Income Tax : Humble Representation for modification of Section 151 of the Income Tax Act relating to Sanction for issue of Notice under sec. 14...
Income Tax : Income Tax Gazetted Officers’ Association requested CBDT to issue Clarification in respect of the judgement of Hon’ble Supreme...
Income Tax : In view of Indiscriminate notices by income Tax Department without allowing reasonable time it is requested to Finance Ministry an...
Income Tax : ITAT Indore held that appellate order violated principles of natural justice after finding that key hearing notices were sent to a...
Income Tax : Court ruled that reassessment notices under Section 148 must be issued through the faceless mechanism under Section 151A and the 2...
Income Tax : The Madras High Court held that reassessment notices required to be issued by the Faceless Assessing Officer are invalid if issued...
Income Tax : The Madras High Court held that reassessment notices required to be issued by the Faceless Assessing Officer are invalid if issued...
Income Tax : The Jharkhand High Court held that retrospective insertion of Section 147A removed the jurisdictional challenge against reassessme...
Income Tax : The department has identified high-risk cases through its Insight Portal for AYs 2022-25. It directs officers to initiate reassess...
Income Tax : ITAT Chandigarh held that ITO Ward-3(1), Chandigarh had no jurisdiction to issue notice to an NRI and hence consequently the asses...
Income Tax : Explore the latest guidelines for issuing notice under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Understand key procedures, amendme...
Income Tax : Explore e-Verification Instruction No. 2 of 2024 from the Directorate of Income Tax (Systems). Detailed guidelines for AOs under I...
Income Tax : Supreme Court in the matter of Shri Ashish Agarwal, several representations were received asking for time-barring date of such cas...
Gist and a Snap Analysis of SC Judgment – Union of India Vs Ashish Agarwal (Supreme Court), Appeal Number : Civil Appeal No. 3005/2022, Date of Judgement: 04/05/2022 1. The Union felt aggrieved due to the adverse outcome of several writ petitions which were filed on PAN India basis against notices issued u/s 148 of the Income […]
Understanding the implications of the Honble Supreme Court order on income tax reassessment notices under new provisions. Learn more here.
The issue of validity of notices issued between April 01, 2021 and June 30, 2021 has been a subject matter of major litigation in the past year. Large number of writ petitions were filed across the country, challenging the constitutional validity of the notices issued under section 148 of the Act.
Uphill Farms Private Limited Vs Union of India (Allahabad High Court) HC explains principles, powers and limitations on exercise of powers under Section 147/148 by Income Tax Officers/ Authorities under the Income tax Act, 1961, as under:- (a) The assessing officer under Section 147 of the Act, 1961 has the power to re-assess any income which […]
Union of India Vs Ashish Agarwal (Supreme Court) Hon. Supreme Court Validates Section 148 Notices issued after 31st March 2021- Surprising Turn of Events Introduction: – Various High Courts had quashed reassessment notices issued u/s 148 of the act, on the ground that the same are bad in law in view of the new reassessment […]
Atma Ram Saria Vs ACIT (Delhi High Court) The Supreme Court in GKN Driveshafts (India) Ltd. vs. Income Tax Officer and Ors., (2003) 1 SCC 72 has held that when a notice under Section 148 of the Act is issued, the proper course of action for the noticee is to file a return and if […]
M.R. Enterprises Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) Admittedly, in the present case the assessment was reopened on the basis of cash deposited in the bank account and no addition has been made by the Assessing Officer regarding deposit of this amount. It is seen that the assessee has not raised this issue before the learned CIT(Appeals). […]
Ramesh Arora (Earlier Known As Ramesh Kumar) Vs ITO (Delhi High Court) Learned counsel for the parties admit that as the impugned notices in the present matters have been issued post 31st March, 2021 without following the procedure prescribed in the substituted Sections 147 to 151 w.e.f. 01st April, 2021, the present matters are covered […]
Reopening of assessment u/s. 147 and issuance of notices u/s. 148 admittedly after expiry of four years from the end of relevant assessment year on the selfsame material facts which were already available before the assessing officer at the time of regular assessment and without recording of any omission or failure on the part of the petitioner to disclose fully and truly any material fact necessary for assessment before the assessing officer in course of regular assessment proceeding.
ITO Vs Rahul Bharatbhushan Jain (ITAT Ahmedabad) Therefore, for applicability of s. 40A(3) of the Act, if a person makes different payments in cash to same person in excess of Rs 20,000 (w.e.f. A.Y. 2018-19 Rs 10000/-) in a single day even though on separate cash memos, such aggregate payment will be disallowed u/s 40A(3). […]
